Sawrey Gilpin R.A. Study Of A Running Hare 1780 Miss Mellon The breed disappeared with the

The breed disappeared with the Revolution

Ref: Chaloner Smith 105

trimmed to plateline

German (or Dutch School) Late 18th Century

Provenance: The London Artists Association

Sawrey Gilpin R.A. Study Of A Running Hare 1780 Miss Mellon The breed disappeared with theSawrey Gilpin R. A. 1733 1807 English School 18th. Century. Study of a running hare, pencil on laid paper. Signed to reverse Sawry Gilpin 1780. 15 by 9. 2 cms. Image. Laid at edges to backing sheet. Provenance: Ex. Iolo Williams Collection. Gilpin was a successful 18th. Century English animal painter, illustrator, and etcher who specialised in paintings of horses, dogs and wildlife. Iolo Williams 1890 1962 leading scholar of British Watercolour